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E. F. HERRINGTO'N.

HARVESTEVR FINGER BEAM CATCHES. No.175.090.

Patented March 21, 1876.

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. Be it known} that I, EPHRAIM F. HEBRING- TON, of WestHoosick,

,laerand" Stateof Ne an Improved Harvester Finger-Beam Catch, ofwhich thefollowingis a specification: I

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PATENT HOOSICK, NEVQVTORKL l m'pae ehm IN HATRVEJSTERFINGER-BEAM cATciies y Specificationfor ingpait of Letters Pate ht a; 175.090, dated March 21, 1876; a ple; toil-fil d Jilly s, 1874.

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inthe county of Ren's'se- York, have invented My in vention relates ito harvesters of that class which have a finger-beam so hinged to the m ma-gate as to becapable ofbeing i'old ed uprag'ain'st ma m thereof, and a springcat'ch to ghold i-tiiu thisi'ipositi'on. The object. of myinventionfl is.toenable the driveriread g ily to release said;catch by the useofhisfeet or hands.

. To enable the driver to release the catch by the' use of his foot, I provide 'the catch with' atoe or projecting"lug,against which he may press, Ahand-lever linked to the catch en ablesh'im towattain, the same, end with .his This device-mayalso be operated by the foot. y I 1 The subject-matter claimed is hereinafter specified.

In the. accompanying drawings, Figure .1 represents aplanfviewoti my improved device in the attitude it. assumes when the fingerbeam is'locked in its upright position. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the catch retracted, andFig. 3 a Vertical section of the device on the line a; .r'ot'Fig'. l.' T

The catch A'is provided with a holdingnotch, a, in which the finger-beam is held when folded nptoward or against the frame or tongue, and witha' toe, b, to be acted upon by the drivers foot. The catch is mounted on a bracket, 0, secured upon the frame or tongue of the machine,or the bracket may form part of the frame or tongue, and vibrates on a pivot-pin, 0. A spring, 6, in a recess in the bracket bears against a lip or flange on the catch, which projects into the recess, (see.

Fig. 3,) and tends to keep the catch always thrown forwardinto the position shownin Fig. 1. -A lever, D, rocking upon a fulcrum,

; .d, on the bracket, is connectedbyia.link, d,

or bya cord or chain, to the catch} The operation of the device-is obvious. As the finger-beam is turned up again's'tithe frame,

7 its back edge strikes against theQnoSe c" ot'jthe catch, and shoves it back until the beam enters the notch a, when the springfethrows the catch forward, and holds the" finger-beam securely. To release the catch,: the 1 driver presses on the toe b with his .footyaud' thus retracts the catch. He may producejthe samev result by-pressing; with his foot on .the lever 1),.or work it by hand.

By connecting thelink d to the catch ab'ove .instead of below the fulcrum, it is obviousthat "the actionof the lever would be reversed that is, that it would then have to .be'drawn backward instead of being shoved forward.

This device obviously possesses great advantages over the spring-catches heretofore used, with no means of retracting the catch except to 'take hold of it directly by the fingers of the operator, as by myinvention the operator, in his seat on the machine, is enabled to release the finger-beam fromthe catch by either foot, or by both feet, by his hand alone, or by both hand and foot together.

Iclaim 1. The pivoted spring-catch A, constructed, as described, to operate directly upon the finger-beam, with a toe, b, to be acted upon by the foot of the driver while on his seat.

. 2. The combination of the bracket, the spring-catch adapted to operate directly upon the finger-beam, and the lever pivoted on the bracket, these members being constructed and operating substantially as set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub scribed my name.

E. F. HERRrNeToN.

Witnesses WM. J. PEYTON, E. O. DAVIDSON. 

